Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Aviva Chomsky about her latest book, "Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal." Noted historian and activist Chomsky presents grounding historical and cultural context for a conversation often broken into sound bites, and her latest book has been praised as “a catalyst to let the deeper and higher thinking begin.”

Chomsky, a professor of Latin American Studies at Salem State University, argues that our immigration issues stem from the fundamental—and deeply prejudicial—way we classify who comes into this country, and who is not allowed.

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Jennifer Earl, co-author with Katrina Kimport of "Digitally Enabled Social Change," They will discuss how the Internet affects social change and political protest.

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Shana Redmond, author of "Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African Diaspora." They will discuss the role of music in black life, social movements and history.

This program was rescheduled for next week. Instead Celeste and Cecil hosted a call in on Monday's Supreme Court decisions. They discussed the Hobby Lobby decision, in which the Court ruled that for-profit employers with religious objections can opt out of providing contraception coverage under Obamacare. They also talked about Harris v. Quinn case, in which the court ruled that in some cases, unions could not collect fees from one particular class of public employees who did not want to join.

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Shana Redmond, author of "Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African Diaspora." They will discuss the role of music in black life, social movements and history.

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod speak with Lynda Coates about moving out of poverty and about some upcoming institutes on learning how to move people out of povery.

Quoting Donna Beegle, founder of Communications Across Barriers, "My dream is that a person will not be able to graduate from college without taking a Poverty 101 course. Poverty hurts all humanity and it’s the responsibility of everyone to bond together to eradicate it. Our ignorance about poverty perpetuates it and divides us as a nation."

Hosts Celeste Carey and Cecil Prescod interview historian Gerald Horne about his new book "The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America."

The successful 1776 revolt against British rule in North America has been hailed almost universally as a great step forward for humanity. But the Africans then residing in the colonies overwhelmingly sided with London. Gerald Horne says that in the prelude to 1776, the abolition of slavery seemed all but inevitable in London, delighting Africans as much as it outraged slaveholders, and sparking the colonial revolt.

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On October 5, Cecil and Celeste speak with Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Fernando Gapasin, authors of "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice".

Solidarity Divided is a critical examination of labor's current crisis and a plan for a bold new way forward into the 21st century. Bill Fletcher and Fernando Gapasin, longtime union insiders whose experiences as activists of color grant them a unique vantage on the problems now facing U. S. labor, offer a mix of history and probing analysis. Ultimately calling for a wide-ranging re-examination of the ideological and structural underpinnings of today's labor movement, this is essentila reading for understanding how the battle for social justice can be fought and won. newunionism.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/solidarity-divided-the-crisis-in-organized-labor-and-a-new-path-toward-social-justice/

Join Cecil Prescod in speaking with Charles McGee, President and CEO of the Black Parents Initiative, and Johnell Bell, former staff aide to Mayor Potter and Multnomah Chair Tom Wheeler, about the "The Joshua Generation: A New Generation Heeding the Call to Leadership".

More Talk Radio hosts a conversation with eco-food activist Bryant Terry, author of Vegan Soul Kitchen (VSK): Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine (Da Capo/Perseus March 2009). Bryant Terry has spent the last decade advocating for and building a more just and sustainable food system, and uses his talents as a chef to examine the intersections of race, poverty, and food insecurity. Mr. Terry is coming to the Portland Farmer's Market and the King Farmer's Market, August 29 and 30 for events for youth and adults.

The Real "Teachable Moment" Sam Fulwood III, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, recalibrates the racial debate revolving around the Gates incident. He joins Celeste and Cecil to offer just what the real "teachable moment" is that arises from this collision of perspectives and perceptions. Our guest believes something very positive and groundbreaking occurred, and we might miss it by focusing too much on "who was right to say and do what". For his article: www.americanprogress.org/issues2009/07/teachable_moment.html. Cecil Prescod and Celeste host.

"Se wo were fi na wosan kofa a, yenkyi"... From the Akan people of West Africa we get "Sankofa", which teaches us to return to our roots to move forward. We take the best of what our past has to teach us to become all we are and grow into our future. Whatever was lost, forgone, forgotten, or stolen will be reclaimed, revived, preserved and perpetuated.

HIp Hop: progressive critique of its flaws and an appreciation of its extraordinary gifts

Tricia Rose, author of "The Hip Hop Wars", is the guest. This book "explores the divisive, vitriolic debate about race and culture in America, concluding with a call for the revitalization of the progressive and creative heart of hip hop" (from the book cover). Henry Louis Gates, Jr. writes "The Hip Hop Wars is a hopeful, inspiring book that speaks to the necessity of a community-centered vision for justice for all." Her website is www.triciarose.com

Recently a Multnomah county judge ruled that the city had exceeded its power in enacting the Sit/Lie ordinance and ruled it to be unconstitutional (for the SECOND time). Cause for celebration right? Well…no not really. Guest Hosts, Erik Jorgen Jorgensen and Sara Fay Goldman speak with Brendan Phillips of Sisters of the Road and take calls from KBOO listeners.

Celeste and Cecil interview the Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, the author of an article entitled "Gays Are the New Niggers", published in Killing the Buddha, "a religion magazine for people made anxious by churches" website.

Mr. Sekou is the Senior Minister of Lemuel Haynes Congregational Church (UCC) in South Jamaica Queens, New York. He is third generation ordained Elder in the Church of God in Christ. Rev. Sekou holds fellowships with the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, The Fellowship of Reconciliation, and the Institute for Policy Studies. His forthcoming book is Gods, Gays, and Guns: Religion and the Future of Democracy.

Hi, Cecil, I called in to your fine program this morning to give the announcement about Imam Mamadou Toure's presentation at the Quaker Meetinghouse. Apparently I gave the wrong date: the correct date is Friday, January 25. I would greatly appreciate it if you could give that date on next week's program, I'm sorry to have confused things.
Peace, Jim Metcalfe